28 July 2009: it's 1969!

[RGMike]

7/28/09 - Tuesday!  The end of the '60's...1969!!!

   1.  CSN - Suite:  Judy Blue Eyes
   2.  Jethro Tull - Reasons for Waiting
(UPI News Montage)
   3.  Janis Joplin - Try
   4.  John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers - Room to Move
(TV:  Scooby Doo debut & Paul Revere for Pontiac)
   5.  Beatles - Hey Bull Dog
(Sports News:  Mickey Mantle retires)
   6.  Taj Mahal - Take a Giant Step
(Bob Dylan on Meeting Johnny Cash)
   7.  Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - Girl From the North Country
(TV:  Johnny Cash Show)
   8.  Mama Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind of Music
(Movie:  Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid)
   9.  Toots & the Maytalls - Pressure Drop
(News:  Stonewall riots)
 10.  Sly & the Family Stone - Stand

BONUS TRACK (Ed in SF):  Led Zeppelin - Ramble On

[urth]

Had to do something to escape the heat this eve, so I caught the Harry Potter film over in Sherwood. Got out at 9:20 and beat it home in time to catch this set again. Happy to say I made it.

Btw, it was 107 here this afternoon. I thought I was living back in Sacramento for a while. Oh well, it'll help me acclimate for our trip to Austin next week. Whoever thought a cheese convention in Texas in August was a good idea will probably be cashiered from the organization after next week.

And now at quarter past 10, it's cooled all the way down to 89. I think I'm sleeping in the basement tonight.

[ggould]

   2.  Jethro Tull - Reasons for Waiting
   3.  Janis Joplin - Try
   5.  Beatles - Hey Bull Dog
   6.  Taj Mahal - Take a Giant Step
   7.  Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - Girl From the North Country
   8.  Mama Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind of Music
   9.  Toots & the Maytalls - Pressure Drop

This is an unusually high quotient of specialness.  I'm pretty impressed.  The Taj Mahal cut alone is major, but the Dylan/Cash thing blew my mind, took me right back to Isla Vista the night the album came out.

[urth]

   2.  Jethro Tull - Reasons for Waiting
   3.  Janis Joplin - Try
   5.  Beatles - Hey Bull Dog
   6.  Taj Mahal - Take a Giant Step
   7.  Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - Girl From the North Country
   8.  Mama Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind of Music
   9.  Toots & the Maytalls - Pressure Drop

This is an unusually high quotient of specialness.  I'm pretty impressed.  The Taj Mahal cut alone is major, but the Dylan/Cash thing blew my mind, took me right back to Isla Vista the night the album came out.

High praise indeed. And 110% true. It says a lot about the quality of a set when the weakest song of the bunch is by John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers--and I mean that as no disrespect to them; I like Room to Move a lot. Just that everything else was very VERY good.